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Khabar Agency
22-04-2025
- Khabar Agency
Yemeni-American Man Killed While Trying to Stop Armed Robbery at Tennessee Store
A Yemeni-American man was fatally shot while attempting to prevent an armed robbery at the store where he worked in Tennessee, marking the fourth such attack against Yemeni expatriates in the U.S. this year. According to a statement from the Memphis Police Department, Sufyan Ahmed Hazam Al-Khader was killed Sunday evening during the incident on Mississippi Boulevard in Memphis, the largest city in Tennessee. Yemeni expatriates shared the news in a Monday Facebook post, mourning his death. Surveillance footage showed the suspect leaving the store with stolen goods before Sufyan confronted him. A struggle ensued, and the assailant opened fire, shooting the victim multiple times. This is the fourth deadly crime targeting Yemeni immigrants in the U.S. since the start of 2025, adding to a growing number of killings and attempted murders in recent years. Armed criminals have repeatedly targeted Yemeni-owned stores for robberies and violent thefts.
Khabar Agency
31-03-2025
- Politics
- Khabar Agency
Yemeni-American Man Killed in Buffalo Robbery, Second Such Incident in a Week
In a tragic start to Eid al-Fitr celebrations, 28-year-old Yemeni-American Marwan Ahmed Mohammed Ayash was shot and killed during an armed robbery at the Buffalo convenience store where he worked Sunday evening. The deadly incident marks the second killing of a Yemeni expatriate in New York state within seven days, following the murder of Hussein Ali Saleh Al-Shaibi during a similar robbery in Rochester last week. Community leaders confirmed Ayash, who immigrated from Yemen's Al-Nadira district in Ibb Governorate, died at the scene. While local Yemeni organizations are demanding increased police patrols and hate crime investigations, the silence from Yemen's government has drawn sharp criticism from diaspora leaders.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Who Is the 'Top Missile Guy' the U.S. Killed in Yemen?
The White House says it killed some very important Houthi commanders, but it won't tell you which ones. Earlier this month, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz insisted to ABC that President Donald Trump's war in Yemen was different from former President Joe Biden's campaign because the Trump administration "actually targeted multiple Houthi leaders and took them out." Who were those leaders? Waltz didn't say. White House spokeswoman Anna Kelley referred Reason to the Department of Defense, which referred us to U.S. Central Command, which said that it "confirmed the death of several Houthi leaders" but didn't name any of them. The silence is strange from an administration that normally enjoys parading around the scalps of its defeated enemies, from Iran's Qassem Soleimani to the Islamic State's Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to deported immigrants. Waltz is the fellow who apparently added Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to a White House group chat for planning the attack before it began. In the chat, Waltz wrote that the U.S. military killed the Houthi forces' unnamed "top missile guy" by blowing up and collapsing "his girlfriend's building." U.S. officials have told The Wall Street Journal that the missile commander was targeted with the help of Israeli intelligence, but again they did not name him. The Houthi government in Sanaa has acknowledged 41 members killed in naval and air combat, 30 killed in ground combat, and 5 killed in unspecified operations during the month of March, according to a list compiled last week by the Yemeni-American researcher Mohammed Al-Basha, who describes the Houthi commanders killed by U.S. airstrikes as a group of "mid-level officers with expertise in missile and drone technology." The highest-ranking acknowledged Houthi casualty was Col. Zayn al-Abidin Al-Mahturi, a "security official" responsible for protecting a local government headquarters, according to Fares Alhemyari, a Yemeni journalist who opposes the Houthis. Of course, it's always possible that the Houthis simply haven't acknowledged some of their casualties. The U.S. air campaign has also killed at least 25 civilians, including four children, the nonprofit Yemen Data Project reports. Although the U.S. military publicly claims that it has "no credible indications of any civilian casualties," Hegseth admitted in the group chat to targeting at least one bystander—the "girlfriend" of the "top missile guy." That strike likely killed other people in the apartment building. The Trump administration may be trying to replicate the Israeli successes at killing Hezbollah and Hamas leaders last year. But Hamas has been sealed off in the tiny, flat Gaza Strip for years, under intense AI-enabled surveillance. (Even so, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar avoided detection with a simple blanket. He died on the battlefield in a chance encounter with Israeli troops.) Meanwhile, Hezbollah was deeply penetrated by foreign intelligence agencies and seemed caught off guard when the Israeli campaign began in earnest. The Houthis, meanwhile, have weathered over a decade of war in the mountainous expanse of northern Yemen. After they seized control of Sanaa, Saudi Arabia attempted to stop them, waging a vicious campaign of airstrikes and blockades from 2015 to 2022. Houthi forces are now dug into underground fortresses, which the U.S. government has "struggled" to gain good intelligence on, according to The New York Times. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told Fox News earlier this month that "we don't care what happens in the Yemeni civil war. This is about stopping the shooting at assets in that critical waterway." By that measure of success, Trump's war has so far failed. On March 16, a day after the "top missile guy" supposedly died, a Houthi missile hit Tel Aviv, injuring 16 people. The missile attacks have continued since then. The post Who Is the 'Top Missile Guy' the U.S. Killed in Yemen? appeared first on
Asharq Al-Awsat
11-03-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Al-Alimi Calls for Collective Global Approach to Support Yemen's Security, Economy
Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Dr. Rashad al-Alimi hoped for a broader partnership with the United States to address the challenges facing his country. He called for a collective global approach to support Yemen on humanitarian, economic, and security fronts. Al-Alimi received in Riyadh US Ambassador to Yemen, Steven Fagin, just days after the designation of the Iran-backed Houthi militias as a 'Foreign Terrorist Organization' took effect and new US sanctions were imposed on seven of its senior leaders, including its spokesperson and de facto foreign minister, Mohammed Abdul Salam. According to official Yemeni media, the meeting, attended by Council member Othman Mujalli, focused on Yemeni-American relations and their future prospects, as well as ways to boost cooperation at various levels. Al-Alimi stressed the urgent need for a global collective approach to support the legitimate Yemeni government in addressing economic, service-related, and humanitarian challenges. He also emphasized strengthening the country's capacity to combat terrorism and organized crime, and to secure its territorial waters, positioning Yemen as a key partner in safeguarding international peace and security. The Yemeni leader reaffirmed his commitment to expanding cooperation with the United States to confront regional threats and challenges. He welcomed the US administration's decision to reclassify the Houthis as terrorist and pledged Yemen's full cooperation with the international community to implement the designation while minimizing any potential humanitarian impact on vulnerable groups. While the full extent of the designation's impact on the Houthis remains uncertain, there have been growing international calls to ensure that civilians and the private sector in Houthi-controlled areas are not adversely affected and that humanitarian operations led by UN agencies remain uninterrupted. UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg, in his latest briefing to the UN Security Council, warned of escalating tensions and the risk of a return to war, particularly as the Houthis continue their military offensives in Marib, Al-Jawf, and Taiz. According to Yemeni reports, the past few weeks have witnessed intensified Houthi attacks in Marib and clashes with government forces, as the militias deploy more fighters to frontlines in the oil-rich province. Grundberg called on all parties to exercise restraint and avoid measures that could drag Yemen back into a full-scale war, where civilians would once again bear the brunt of the conflict.
